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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Booklabria

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First published: 1969
Editions: 54 in 10 languages

Synopsis

Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Americanah tells the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who immigrates to the United States to attend university. The novel traces Ifemelu's life in both countries, threaded by her love story with high school classmate Obinze.

Subjects: History
Romance
Historical
Romans, nouvelles
Literary
Ficción
Set in: United States
England
London
New York
Time: 2000s; 2010s

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54 in 10 languages

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English27 Spanish7 German3 French2 All 10 languages

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